Timeline: Afzal Guru's Parliament attack, conviction and execution

Parliament attack convict Mohammed Afzal Guru was hanged on today at the Tihar jail in New Delhi. Following is the chronology of events leading to the Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist's execution:

13 December, 2001: Five terrorists enter Parliament complex and open indiscriminate fire, killing nine people and injuring over 15.

15 December, 2001: Delhi Police pick up Afzal Guru, a member of terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), from Jammu and Kashmir. SAR Geelani of Delhi University's Zakir Hussain College picked up for questioning and later arrested. Two others - Afsan Guru and her husband Shaukat Hussain Guru -were picked up later.

30 August, 2003: Jaish-e-Muhammad leader Ghazi Baba, prime accused in the attack, is killed in an encounter with the Border Security Force (BSF) in Srinagar. Three more militants along with him are also killed in the 10-hour encounter.

29 October, 2003: Geelani acquitted in the case.

4 August, 2005: The Supreme Court, while confirming the death sentence of Afzal Guru, commutes Shaukat Hussain Guru's death sentence to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.